Water level
1338.44ft
-0.05 ft in 24h
USACE El Dorado Lake updated 2:30 PM
Waters · Lakes · KS · Mon, Aug 24
How's the bite at El Dorado Lake today? On fire — fish it after dark.
Drop everything. Go.
Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
8/10
On fire
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Minor
2:35 AM–3:35 AM
Moonset
Major
9:50 AM–11:50 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
5:57 PM–6:57 PM
Moonrise
Major
10:14 PM–12:14 AM
Moon overhead
Sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 8:07 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:38 AM–12:38 PM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 3:23 PM
Conditions right now
Pressure
29.92inHg
falling · -2 hPa/12h
NOAA KEQA updated 2:55 PM
Wind
8mph E
NOAA KEQA updated 2:55 PM
Moon
88% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 3:23 PM
What this means
Largemouth bass, Crappie, Catfish
This gauge reports level but no water temperature, so depth calls stay open. Read the windows and the pressure trend instead.
El Dorado Lake water level today
1338.44 ft above NGVD-29 down 0.05 ft in 24 hours
That sits 4% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1338.43 and 1338.67 ft. Over the week it is down0.19ft.
08-16 1338.43–1338.67 ft 08-24
USACE El Dorado Lake updated 2:30 PM
The week ahead
| Tue | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | 6 | Biting | |
| Thu | 6 | Biting | |
| Fri | 6 | Biting | |
| Sat | 6 | Biting | |
| Sun | 6 | Biting | |
| Mon | 6 | Biting |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A Kansas fishing license covers this water — $25 a year for residents. KDWP sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 9 On fire Cheney Reservoir KS · 86 km
- 8 On fire Kaw Lake OK · 128 km
- 9 On fire Milford Lake KS · 137 km
- 7 Biting Grapevine Lake TX · 542 km
- 6 Biting Folsom Lake CA · 2123 km
Questions people ask about El Dorado Lake
Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for El Dorado Lake.
- Is it worth fishing El Dorado Lake today?
- 8 out of 10 — on fire. Drop everything. Go. The strongest stretch is 9:50 AM–11:50 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish El Dorado Lake?
- Today's major windows run 9:50 AM–11:50 AM and 10:14 PM–12:14 AM, with minor windows at 2:35 AM–3:35 AM and 5:57 PM–6:57 PM. Sunrise is 6:50 AM and sunset 8:07 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at El Dorado Lake?
- No gauge on El Dorado Lake measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
- What is the water level at El Dorado Lake right now?
- 1338.44 ft above NGVD-29, read at 2:30 PM from the El Dorado Lake gauge run by the USACE. Over 24 hours it is down 0.05 ft.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in El Dorado Lake?
- That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Kansas Department of Health and Environment publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where advisories are named per waterbody, alongside a general mercury caution. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.
- Do you need a licence to fish El Dorado Lake?
- Yes. A Kansas fishing license covers this water, required from age 16. KDWP sets the rules and is the one that counts.
- What size fish can you keep in Kansas?
- It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: channel catfish, blue catfish, flathead catfish, walleye, sauger and saugeye. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.
Channel catfish limits · Blue catfish limits · Flathead catfish limits · Walleye, sauger and saugeye limits · Check a length against the rules
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 3:23 PM
- NOAA KEQA El Dorado Captain Jack Thomas Airport 2:55 PM
- NOAA ICT gridded forecast 1:26 PM
- USACE El Dorado Lake El Dorado Lake 2:30 PM
Held by El Dorado Dam on the Walnut River, read by the Corps of Engineers. Conservation pool is 1,339 ft. No temperature sensor at the gauge.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.